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A look inside stent deployment in hemodialysis patients
Author(s) -
Saad Marwan,
Abbott J. Dawn
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.28601
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , percutaneous coronary intervention , optical coherence tomography , hemodialysis , observational study , cardiology , stent , population , radiology , myocardial infarction , environmental health
Key Points In this observational study, optical coherence tomography (OCT) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) showed higher rates of abnormal findings in hemodialysis compared with nonhemodialysis patients. In this high‐risk population, the utilization of intracoronary imaging as well as appropriate lesion preparation should be adopted to optimize PCI results. With the high resolution of OCT, identification of abnormal findings after PCI, such as small edge dissections, is common. Further research is encouraged to evaluate clinical outcomes associated with treating minor abnormal findings on OCT after PCI.